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Matthew 6:18

World English Bible

so that you are not seen by men to be fasting, but by your Father who is in secret, and your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you.

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Matthew 6:18 in other translations

that thou be not seen of men to fast, but of thy Father who is in secret: and thy Father, who seeth in secret, shall recompense thee.

Matthew 6:18 · American Standard Version

Matthew 6:18 in context

  1. 16“Moreover when you fast, don’t be like the hypocrites, with sad faces. For they disfigure their faces, that they may be seen by men to be fasting. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward.
  2. 17But you, when you fast, anoint your head, and wash your face;
  3. 18so that you are not seen by men to be fasting, but by your Father who is in secret, and your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you.
  4. 19“Don’t lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;
  5. 20but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consume, and where thieves don’t break through and steal;